The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-28
THE STATE OR TRADE.
THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL SIT.
UATION THROUGHOUT
The United states ImprOved-Em'
ployers Orgaulz'ng-R. 9, Dun
A Co.'s Review Of the Week.
ToossxsroSprxoE or THE ArrEsL.I

labor sgitations OF the past sixty days
have started an agitation among en-
ployers generally to offer more stub
born resistance 10 organized labor
than as vet been offered. The strike
In Chicago ald threatened strikes oil
large magnitude in several industrial
centers has caused employers to Eel
that they have been taking too much
for granted, and that the organization,
not only for defensive but offensive
purposes, has now become imperative.
The general commercial situation
throughout the United S ates has i'm
proved, and general expansion oil
trade is now at hand. The exports OF
wheat and -four are increasing. In
Bos on boots and shoes are in very
active demand, especially Tor the
Southwest. The building trades are
oyercrowded. TIE dry goods trade is
In good shape. In Pitisburg the iron
trade lie very active among small buy
ere, and dull among large. In in
cinpati the spring strikes have inter
fered with full activity. In Chicago
iron and steel manufactured goods are
moving freely. The lumber trade is
particularly active for outside deliv'
ery, Building is checked and great
apprt hension exists as TO the outcome;
In Louisville the demand tJr all
kinds OF manufactured goods for the
Southern trade is active and good
prices are being realized, In Kansas
CITY the clunlry demand is very heavy
for all kinds Of merchandise. In 81.
Joseph business is going rapidly, while
In Milwaukee the general business 10
dull, although the,s is liberal move
ment In wheat and lumber. In Omaha
business is generally active and a
hopeful feeling prevails In New Or
leans business is quiet and bank clear
ings are about up TO the average. Ex'
cellent crops Of all kinds strengthen
cor fidence In the nearness OF an active
demand.
Very large qual titles oil sugar are
arriving from South An erica, SpeCu.
lative dealings are reported in coffee.
There Is considerable excitement in
the coffee market over rumors con-
corning the incoming crop.
htuuCtu Llnb 10 iNPOitOA Nv AhtRo
number of New England wooden
mills, aud 1t Is probable that there
will be further reduction OF output
after July Let, unless In the mean
time the fall and winter demand for
wooden goods should improve. The
demand for general dry goods is fair
only. The mills engaged in the pro-
duc.ion o! cotton and mixed goods are
working full time In expectation OF a
very heavy summer and fall demand.
The obbing trade reports very good
summer pros eGt. Prints are dong
well. The hosiery industry is kept
pretty we'll engaged. The carpet
manufacturers could turn out much
larger quantities 1 the market called
for IL. The Southern cotton mills are
all sold up to the loomp, and the stock
of goods is the lightest We have had
for several years.
The railroad situation continues
very favorable; construction Ia being
pushed ahead with more vigor. Rail-
mills and bridge works are all over
sold. Verv little foreign material Ia
being ordered. s
Between $4,000 aud $4,000 employees
struck last week. The average num-
Der OF strike per day since the first
OF the month has been 1000. Bank
clearings from thirty-six cities show an
increase OF 0 per cent last week. Rail-
way earnings show au increase OF 10
per cent. during April over April last
year. TIE fact that railroad earninos
show a steady increase, and that tn fiji
is increasing week by week, are the
strongest features to be noted. Very
little announcement exists in a1y
branch OF industry beyond the fact
that strikes may spread and interfere
with completed p ans aud programmes
Throughout the country the build
ing trades have about all they can do
House, shop and mill building ia pro
crossing satisfactorily. A check ha
been given to the upward tendency t
real estate in the West. A large vo!umt
OF capital is seeking favorable lea
estate investing opportunities, but wilt
prices will not be paid. .
The daily output of the Connellsvill
coke region fills 1925 cara. Coke ms
king is one OF the most rapidly eX
panding induti in the country
There are Is 5000 ovens IN PennsylvG
MIA, and dozen concerns are nov
building additional capacity.
The Knights Of Labor, while trou
bled with internal dissensions, ar
gaining in strength through the loI
ping of of bad material. A large pc
centage of the membership rushe
into that organization a year or tw
ago, anticipating impossible advantI
ges, and finding Themselves disaJ
pointed, are dropping out, or are NAL
Ing trouble for the more conservativ
and intelligent men, who understan
the real purpossand scope OF trade y
carnations. New assemblies al
springing up, and the organic alton
in better shape, but there are ceItai
disintegrating elements at work, whic
can only be checked by strong han
and clear head. The head OF the o
der has announced that he will NJ
remain longer than the present tern
which decision has been forced upo
him by the uRruly and unmanagesb
elements.
In the Wet and South the knight
are taking political action as rapid
an possible. Trevelliok will stun
Tennessee; Jesse Harper has bse
through Ksnsas; Shi ling has bee
working Wisconsin, and Gen. Wtav,
Is holding Iowa. Several State CO.
ventions are to be held during Il
next tixty days.
A good many strikes ara in progre
in Great Britain. The Northumbe
land miners have expended $4,000
and are still on strike.
in several cities workmen are n
to be had, especially in the buildiI
trades, and this scarcity 10 at the be
tom OF the present unrest. Shou
strikes occur 1t will spoil the calcul
tions Of builders who have made the
contracts based upon present wage
Builders endeavortd to arrange wsg
and hours Of labor for the entire sc
son before they set to work.
The st. Louis Gar Wheel CompaI
are about to erect the largest c
wheel works in the country near Ka
sss City. Nearly all the architect
raj iron makers have from two
akwaa rnonthEi uork On hand Ma,